The absolute unit sheep.

Online exhibitions

Browse past displays from The MERL and exhibitions exclusive to our website.

We constantly add new exhibitions throughout the year, so check back regularly to discover more about English rural life and our collections!

Women of the Welfare Landscape

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Photograph of Brenda Colvin

International Federation of Landscape Architects, 1948

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Austria IFLA meeting

Snapshots of Simba Farm

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View of Mount Meru from Simba Farm, with hazy cloud-covered mountain in the distance, hills, trees, and an arable field in the foreground.

Tea culture in our collections

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Three teapots from the MERL collection, modeled after cottages

Where Do We Go From Here? — Audio Trail

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Our Green Stories: Life on Land Films

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Stories we live by: Life in the Anthropocene

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A white plastic sheep wearing a cream-coloured cardigan with dorset buttons, against a backdrop of old agricultural technologies

Hear our Voice in the Countryside – Video Labels

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Display case containing museum objects, crafted picnic items and makaton symbols

Coal Mining: It’s the Pits

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Painting of a historic coal mine

The Landscape of Housing

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Unpicking the past

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Jones Family CS - featured image for sewing memories exhibition

Changing Landscapes

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Featured image for Changing landscapes